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Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 7mins
The three types of experimental research designs used in Psychology are:
subjective quantitative, objective quantitative, qualitative
independent measures, repeated measures, matched-pairs design
experiment, quantitative observational,qualitative
experiment, objective quantitative, qualitative
Important features of an experiment are:
random assignment to treatment or control group
difference between independent variable is pre-existing
experimenter manipulates the independent variable
Experiments allow a causal relationship to be established between IV and DV
true
false
what is meant by an 'experimental design'.
how psychologists design their research schedule
how psychologists gather their sample
how psychologists use participants in their experiments
the type of experiment is used by psychologists
what is a repeated measures design.
where participants take part in both or all conditions of an experiment
where participants repeat trials within one condition
where participants only take part in one condition
where participants repeat what they have said
what are the two types of order effects which could occur in repeated measures design.
fatigue and performance
fatigue and forget
practice and performance
fatigue and practice
what is the aim of counterbalancing.
to get an even number of participants in each condition
to reduce demand characteristics
to reduce the likelihood of order effects
to make the results of the study more reliable
what is independent measures design.
where participants only take part in one condition
where participants are matched on particular characteristics
where participants take part in all condition
where participants do all conditions and repeat after a week
what two points are weaknesses of independent measures design.
they require more participants so are time consuming
they are likely to result in order effects
they take careful consideration when matching participants
there may be participant variables affecting the results
